DIGITALGO-LAB ECOSYSTEM: USING ONLINE LABORATORIES IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL
1 University of Deusto (SPAIN)
2 Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (UKRAINE)
2 Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (UKRAINE)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN19 Proceedings
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 9276-9285
ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2019.2304
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 9276-9285
ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2019.2304
Conference name: 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 1-3 July, 2019
Location: Palma, Spain
Dates: 1-3 July, 2019
Location: Palma, Spain
Abstract:
An online (virtual and remote) experiment is the essential part of the contemporary science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Although online experiment is employed in higher and secondary class instructions broadly, it should still be promoted to teachers, education administration and designers such as curriculum developers, assessment creators in a primary school. This paper focuses on the planning and embedding online laboratories into science primary school curriculum. The challenges of implementation of different types of laboratories applying in a practical context are discussed as well. The integration of the laboratories is demonstrated using the Go-Lab ecosystem. The ecosystem consists of more than 600 online laboratories, 40 inquiry applications, 940 inquiry learning spaces (ILS) that are presented with more than 30 languages. Moreover, the Go-Lab platform supports teachers by realizing science education by offering interactive domain related applications that enable inclusive, active and engaged learning, providing students with tools that support these forms of learning and train 21st century skills such as digital literacy, computational thinking, research culture and creativity of students. The modernization of the school education encourages teachers starting modelling such students skills from their very early age. The paper shows all phases of embedding the laboratories into the inquiry environment. It describes several demanding activities that a teacher shall perform.It includes:
(1) mapping the lesson;
(2) defining the lesson goal where the lab will be used;
(3) establish the type of the online experiments that should be embedded
(4) defining critical points of the usage of the experiment;
(5) create usage guide in a language suitable for the student age.
The authors believe that the paper will be useful for primary school teachers as well as developers of the online laboratories for elementary school students.
Acknowledgement:
The work is performed in frame of the international project of the EU program Erasmus+ KA2 "Modernization of Pedagogical Higher Education by Innovative Teaching Instruments" (№586098-EPP-1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).